[Wyatt's Torch]

Trying to think about songs for Chris from 1980. Some of the top 'rock' albums that year were:

Pink Floyds, The Wall (Can anyone say Comfortably Numb? Run Like Hell?)

Queen's, The Game (Another One Bites The Dust)

Tom Petty Damn The Torpedo's (Refugee, Here Comes My Girl)

[Netizen]

Songs from 1980

1. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC-DC
2. Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
3. Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
4. Anyway You Want It - Journey
5. Train in Vain - The Clash
6. Against the Wind - Bob Seger
7. I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
8. Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
9. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
10. Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
11. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
12. I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel
13. Call Me - Blondie
14. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pet Benatar
15. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
16. And the Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen
17. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
18. My Girl - Madness
19. What I Like About You - The Romantics
20. Refugee - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
21. On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
22. Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? - The Ramones
23. Cars - Gary Numan
24. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police
25. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
26. Embarrassment - Madness
27. Private Idaho - B-52's
28. Somewhere in America - Survivor
29. Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
30. Fame - Irene Cara
31. Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
32. Into the Night - Benny Mardones
33. Volcano - Jimmy Buffet
34. Rock Lobster - The B-52's
35. Love Stinks - J. Geils Band
36. Turning Japanese - The Vapors
37. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille
38. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
39. Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top
40. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
41. Whip It - Devo
42. The Rose - Better Midler
43. Lady - Kenny Rogers
44. Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
45. You May Be Right - Billy Joel
46. Hold On - Kansas

[Wyatt's Torch]

Also released in 1980 -

Van Halen's Women and Children First (Everybody Wants Some, And The Cradle Will Rock)

AC/DC Back In Black (Hells Bells, Back In Black, You Shoock Me All Night Long)

Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz (Crazy Train)

The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta (Don't Stand So Close To Me, De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da, Voices Inside My Head, When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around)

[kevkrom]

Can anyone say Comfortably Numb?

With its obvious drug references, I think the producers would nix "Comfortably Numb" -- AI is still sold as a "family show".

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Don't forget "The Long Run" by the Eagles.
Released almost at the last second of 1979.
Lots of great music on that album.

I'd love to hear Elliot sing "Sad Cafe".